RESARCH NOTES:

Benjamin F. Boydstun -- Mr. Boydstun is a Democrat, and cast his first presidential vote for James K. Polk.

Mr. and Mrs. Boydstun belong to the Missionary Baptist Church. He is a kind, generous man, of strict integrity,

and owns 140 acres of land five miles north of Ripley."

History of Tennessee Illustrated 1887

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CENTRAL SCHOOL (HISTORICAL) : school : Lauderdale : 354813N 0893217W : Ripley North

CENTRAL : ppl : Lauderdale : 354813N 0893214W : Ripley North

COLD CREEK : stream : Lauderdale : 353837N 0895049W : Golddust

COLD CREEK : stream : Lauderdale : 354943N 0893641W : Ripley North

LAUDERDALE VOICE , 299 CLEVELAND ST RIPLEY TN 38063-1222 , 901-635-1238

This is the 1850 federal census for LAUDERDALE County, TN.

CENSUS YR: 1850 STATE or TERRITORY: TN COUNTY: LAUDERDALE DIVISION: CIVIL DISTRICT NO. 2 PAGE NO: 261

REFERENCE: CIVIL DISTRICT NO 1, 26TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 1850

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37 289 289 BOYDSTON BE* R 30 M FARMER TN X

REMARKS: THE DWELLING SHOULD BE 189 BUT SAID 289

38 289 289 BOYDSTON MARY 27 F AL

39 289 289 BOYDSTON JAMES K P 5 M TN

40 289 289 BOYDSTON ARMSTEAD W 3 M ** TN

41 289 289 BOYDSTON THOMAS J 11 M TN

42 289 289 BOYDSTON ELIZABETH 75 F VA

1 289 289 BOYDSTON PRICILLA 32 F TN

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BOYDSTUN, Benjamin F marr. WOOD, Mary on 30-AUG-1843

BOYDSTUN, W marr. LUSK, Mary on 30-AUG-1838

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"DEATH CLAIMS C.M. BOYDSTUN - Charles M. Boydstun, 94, retired manager of the old Kiech Manufacturing

Company at Nettleton and a prominent citizen of the Jonesboro area for more than 60 years, died yesterday at St. James Nursing Home.

He lived at 408 Boydstun. He was born Oct. 20, 1867 at Ripley, Tenn., and he and the late Mrs. Boydstun moved to the old town of

Nettleton in 1897. ... Burial will be in Oaklawn Cemetery." Taken from the Jonesboro, AR newspaper about 1961

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TENNESSEE COUNTY HISTORIANS (JULY 24, 1998)

LAUDERDALE

Mr. Terry Ford

Post Office Box 289

Ripley, Tennessee 38063

HARDIN

Ms. Mary Hitchcock

Route 7, Box 65A

Savannah, Tennessee 38372

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This may be the right Missionary Baptist Church!

Bethlehem Missionary Baptist

6435 Highway 19 West

Ripley, TN 38063

(901) 221-0569